Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 152: Kamuro: You ask me, Sakayanagi says that Katsuragi definitely can’t hold on! Part 2

Horikita Suzune appeared cold and stern. She continued without any politeness.

“Think about it. After you all find out you’re privileged students, do you think you can hide it from the other classes? And in the end, if the class gets deducted points, who will bear the responsibility? Can it be blamed on you? For example, if it’s discovered you are privileged students, the class might lose 50X12=600 points because of you.”

“Then, next month, excluding the 100 points for Koenji, everyone will only have 341 points left, meaning the living expenses will go up to over 30,000 yen.”

“I certainly don’t want that.”

“Or do you—”

She paused and then said, “Do the students who were chosen as privileged students and were exposed by other classes, and whose points were deducted, want to bear this loss?”

“……” XN

The students, who initially thought Horikita’s request was excessive, became quiet.

Because—

Who would want to bear this loss?

A deduction of 50 points is equivalent to 200,000 private points per month.

They would have to spend 200,000 yen on living expenses.

Who would accept this? Or rather, who could afford it?

However.

“Our class couldn’t possibly be unlucky enough to have 12 privileged students, right?” At this point, Karuizawa, a class committee member, spoke up.

She was part of the student council as a discipline committee member.

Although it wasn’t a major position, she was quite popular in the class.

Especially since in the last written exam, she helped everyone “secretly” by getting a copy of the test paper through her student council position.

Then, everyone passed the exam safely.

Even though on the deserted island, someone stole their underwear, it was done by Ibuki, a student from another class.

“That’s right,” seeing that she was willing to oppose Horikita, her friends, Shinohara and Sato, immediately started supporting her.

“If we divide the 12 privileged students, our class would only have 3,” Shinohara said.

Even if all three privileged students were exposed, it would only result in a 50X3=150 point loss.

So the idea that the class would lose 600 points was absolutely ridiculous.

And after hearing her, some students seemed a bit relieved. In fact, some had been thinking this way, and now Karuizawa and the others spoke up on their behalf.

However.

“But it could still happen, right?” Horikita Suzune, however, said emotionlessly. “Or do you want to gamble on the number of privileged students in our class?”

“If you win, you might lose 150 points. If you lose, you will lose 600 points. And this responsibility, Shinohara, do you want to shoulder it?”

“……”

Who would dare to gamble?

Even Yukimura, who initially thought Horikita’s suggestion of having 12 privileged students in their class was highly unlikely, fell silent.

Because now, if he opposed it and this small possibility occurred, would he be responsible?

Could he bear this blame?

“So, it’s because you don’t want to gamble on this possibility that you had everyone submit their phones, right?” Hachiman, seeing Horikita’s stern demeanor, started speaking, preparing to play the opposite role.

“Because the gathering will continue for three days, and even if someone is a good actor, there’s a chance the identity of a privileged student could be exposed.”

“And we can’t afford that loss.”

“After all, we only accumulated that score during the seven days of the deserted island exam.”

“Do you want to lose it all here?”

“So—”

Hachiman said, “Horikita, you’re trying to keep everyone unaware of who the privileged students are.”

“Since no one knows whether they are privileged students, no one can expose it to other classes.”

“That’s indeed a good plan,” said Yukimura.

After saying this, he didn’t continue speaking but allowed the students to discuss it amongst themselves.

The current time was 7:46.

There were still 14 minutes left until 8:00.

So, they could waste another 4 minutes for them.

“Well then. For example, if we find a privileged student from another class during the group discussion, wouldn’t we miss the opportunity to earn points for our class if we don’t get our phones back?”

Hmm.

The first question raised was about their own interests. This was very typical of Class C.

But.

“About that, I wouldn’t recommend answering,” Horikita Suzune said.

“If you guess the privileged student from another class incorrectly, our class will lose 50 points.”

“However, since you are part of this class—”

Horikita Suzune said, “If you’re willing to pay for the deducted 50 points, you can take your phones back to answer.”

“And based on Koenji’s case earlier, where he made an outstanding contribution to the class, he earned a third of the points. If you lose points because of yourself, you won’t be made to bear the entire loss of points, just half.”

Horikita Suzune continued, “If you answer wrong and lose 50 points, you’ll be responsible for 25 points worth of living expenses until graduation.”

“Wha-why is it that for rewards, you only get a third, but for deductions, you have to pay half?” A student immediately rebutted.

“Because of our class’s current points,” Horikita coldly replied.

“Class A has 1258 points, Class B has 1121 points, and our class, Class C, has 1041 points. Even Class A isn’t far off.”

“Each additional deduction could ruin our chances of climbing to Class A, meaning it could destroy all the efforts of our entire class. Don’t you think that requires a harsh penalty?”

Actually, it wasn’t like that. To graduate as part of Class A would mean the school would reward students with free tuition, exemption from exams, and acceptance to their desired university and job.

But now, mentioning the possibility of climbing to Class A was still a strong pressure on the students in the class.

However.

There were still students who wanted to contribute to the class, or after contributing, get a portion of the points, like Koenji, so they wouldn’t have to worry about their living expenses in the future.

But.

The responsibility is quite large.

Because paying is nonsense.

The exam isn’t even over yet, and next month we can confirm that if no points are deducted, we can get 100,000 yen in living expenses. So how could we risk this, to put out 100,000 points and have to pay that every month?

“This isn’t fair,” someone immediately stood up. “This is suddenly introducing the responsibility for deductions. Didn’t you say that only reward points would be split one-third for the individual and two-thirds for the class?”

“Then ask the others if they’re willing to share the deduction because of your foolishness?” Horikita said without changing her expression.

To her, such a rebuttal was almost non-existent.

The student who stood up immediately noticed that their classmates were all looking down.

Clearly, no one was willing.

Why should everyone share the points you lost?

“……”

Although they didn’t want to admit it, most students wouldn’t want to have their living expenses deducted for nothing.

“Horikita—”

At this point, the peace-loving Hirata hurriedly stood up. He knew that if this continued, it would cause a rift in the class.

Whether it was adding points or deducting points, he thought both were normal. If they started nitpicking, there would be no peace.

“This was indeed my slip of the tongue,” Horikita Suzune said at first, having discussed with Hachiman. She didn’t want to be too stubborn, knowing she shouldn’t push the classmates too hard. She added, “Since there was such a deviation this time—”

“Let’s make a formal agreement.”

“Previously, Koenji consented to help the class for personal advantage, which was the start of rewarding class points.”

“But the result was pretty good. Koenji brought over 300 points of class evaluation to our class.”

“And now.”

“I’m sure none of you want to fall from this point. We should take the opportunity to aim for Class A.”

Horikita Suzune said, “So.”

“As long as everyone performs excellently, getting 50 points or more (including 50 points) in the class evaluation score, then all the points will go to the class. However, individuals will receive half of the value of those class evaluation points as living expenses until graduation.”

“Of course, if our class’s evaluation score is deducted too much, and these points can’t be saved, it will be temporarily suspended.”

“But what can be confirmed is that this part will definitely be kept for the end.”

“For example, if our class’s class evaluation score drops to only 200 points, we’ll still have to pay Koenji’s 100-point worth of living expenses,” Horikita Suzune said.

“That is to say—”

A student responded.

“We have to make sure to reward those who contributed to the class,” Horikita Suzune said. “As long as someone contributes to the class, the class won’t treat them unfairly. We’ll fulfill it to the greatest extent possible.”

“Horikita, this way doesn’t seem too good… If the class evaluation score is split like this…” Hirata hadn’t been informed of this in advance.

“But this proposal seems pretty good, doesn’t it?” Koenji, who had been silently observing and admiring his own reflection in a mirror, finally spoke up.

He was somewhat excited about this class.

The reward and punishment system.

It could effectively prevent some idiots from losing too many points, while also giving rewards to those with talent, encouraging them to strive for higher positions.

Everyone knew this was a low-level class, and even if they managed to rise to Class A, they would inevitably fall back down.

So there was no hope for the class.

However, now Horikita’s reward-punishment system could guarantee that those who contributed would get their rewards.

This was worth looking forward to.

It allowed talented people to work hard while limiting the idiots from deducting too many points.

Even in such a low-level class, there was potential for improvement.

Of course, his agreement stemmed from the fact that Horikita’s proposal guaranteed his reward—he has a vested interest.

“You only say that because you gets the money,” Sudo commented at this point.

“Then you, red-haired boy, should just go grab the points for yourself.”

“As long as it’s sports or anything related to sports exams, I can definitely get the points!” Sudo replied confidently.

He was a sports enthusiast, and although he couldn’t match Sudo in physical fitness, he ranked among the top in his grade, and even among the boys in the entire school, he ranked high.

So, he was confident in himself.

“Anyway, if no one opposes, let’s confirm this. As long as the reward or penalty is over 50 points, and it’s due to personal reasons, the person will either receive a reward or shoulder the penalty.”

“And for this exam, you’ve all seen the information Kushida passed out, right? My proposal is for everyone to hand in their phones,” Horikita Suzune said.

“And if you absolutely want to participate in the guessing of privileged students, you can choose not to submit your phone.”

But this statement was almost redundant. After looking at the materials provided by Kushida, the students finally understood the exam’s purpose and realized how enjoyable it was to be a privileged student. Additionally, if they could guess the privileged students from other classes, they could earn extra living expenses.

However, if they guessed wrong and got deducted points, the compensation they would have to pay was enough to make them worry.

So now, the students were more concerned about losing points, but not because they were worried about the class losing points—rather, they feared losing points due to their own mistakes.

Not willing to take responsibility.

“So I will say it again now, hand in all your phones, and I’ll return them to you after the exam is over. Do you have any objections? As for during the exam, you can use these black mass-produced phones to stay in contact, and once the exam is over, just restore them to factory settings.”

“Hikigaya-kun.”

Horikita, saying this, looked toward Hachiman.

Hachiman stood up from his seat.

Everyone noticed that he was holding a bag, inside of which was the same phone model that the school had given, but in black.

“Such thorough preparation,” Koenji commented as he watched Hachiman’s actions from his seat.

Although Horikita appeared to be very direct and unapologetically offended the entire class, he didn’t think this was just Horikita Suzune’s personal idea.

Now it was clear that it was actually Hikigaya’s plan behind it all.

It was obvious that the two of them had planned this in advance, and possibly there were other things they were preparing to do, but Koenji didn’t stop them.

Because.

For him, his 100 points were actually not secure, because if the students from Class C didn’t change their behavior and continued losing points so easily, then even if his 100 points didn’t count toward the class, the school would still deduct them. So, his current position was one of cooperation.

“However, if any one of us is chosen as a privileged student—” Yet, some students still had slight dissatisfaction, “Then what about the school’s reward?”

“If no one finds out about your status as a privileged student, then the school will naturally deposit the reward points into your personal accounts. Don’t you think it would be great to be completely unaware of this, and then when the exam ends, discover that your account has 500,000 yen more?” Hikigaya said.

500… 500,000?!

“And this 500,000, no one else will know. You can secretly hide it,” Hachiman added.

Hide it?

“Since you’ve said that, then hand the phones over quickly. It’s almost 8 o’clock,” one student said.

“I’ll give you my phone too,” said another female student.

“Quick, collect the phones,” more students agreed.

It seemed that explaining the stakes wasn’t as effective as simply appealing to their interests.

Hikigaya thought to himself.

But the Class C students loved money so much, which was actually quite similar to him.

He also thought that this exam could be more about money.

After all, opportunities to earn large rewards in points were rare.

Hachiman thought this to himself.

Then, he started walking down to take out another empty bag, which was to collect the students’ phones.

The students handed in their phones, and he gave them a spare phone in return.

However, when it came to Koenji, Hachiman didn’t take his phone.

Thus.

Once everything was settled, the time quickly reached 8 o’clock.